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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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* Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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* Interface for objects that display log (permanent historical) and
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* status (transient) messages.
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* @author Len Trigg (trigg@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
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* @version $Revision: 1.5 $
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public interface Logger {
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* Sends the supplied message to the log area. These message will typically
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* have the current timestamp prepended, and be viewable as a history.
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* @param message the log message
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void logMessage(String message);
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* Sends the supplied message to the status line. These messages are
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* typically one-line status messages to inform the user of progress
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* during processing (i.e. it doesn't matter if the user doesn't happen
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* to look at each message)
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* @param message the status message.
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void statusMessage(String message);